To Work With Animation Commands

1. In the Animation dialog, highlight the Global Actions bar and click Edit or just double-click on the Global Actions bar. The Animation Commands dialog is displayed. To insert a new command, click New. The new command is inserted at the current time in the animation but may be modified.
2. To insert a CAD specific command, for example, to zoom in, set the command Type to CAD command, click in the next field and enter the command in the edit window. If you want to pause the animation after the command, enter a time in the Pause field.
3. To display a comment set Type to Display annotation, click in the next field and enter the text of the comment in the edit window. Your text is displayed in the same window on playback so adjust the size and position of the window accordingly. If you want to pause the animation after the command, enter a time in the Pause field.
4. To play a wave file set the Type to Play a sound, click in the next field and browse to select the wave file. The sound file plays while the animation continues unless you enter a delay time in the Pause field.
5. To specify a 3D camera showing the view of the driver of one of the animation paths, set the Type to Driver’s eye camera and click in the next field to select the animation path.
6. To specify a fixed camera position, set the Type to Fixed camera and click in the next field to select the camera. Note that {BASE VIEW} and {DEFAULT 3D VIEW} are always defined and represent the view before entering 3D mode (i.e. before clicking the 3D button) and the view immediately after entering 3D mode (i.e. immediately after clicking the 3D button.
7. Initially new commands are added to the end of the list but you can use the Sort button to reorder the entries chronologically.
8. To remove a command, simply highlight it and click Remove.
9. To duplicate an existing command, highlight it and click Copy.
10. When you click OK to confirm, the Global Commands bar updates to display icons representing each of your commands.

You can even create more than one animation, maybe to show different aspects of the same manoeuvre.

1. On the Animation dialog, click the More button next to the Animation Name drop down box.

   The Animations dialog is displayed. At this point you can edit the names of the animations simply by placing the cursor in the relevant field.

2. To add a new animation, click the New button and edit the name as required.
3. To remove an animation, simply highlight it and click Remove.